An unopened jar of Marmite has gone on sale on eBay for £5,000 as the Tesco price war hots up.

Last night it emerged the retail giant is dropping a host of household names from its shelves after Unilever - which owns the brands - reportedly upped its prices 10% in the wake of the value of the pound crashing.

The anonymous seller - who goes by the username 'Galleitch' and has a 100% positive feedback rating on the site - says it is: "One of the last remaining examples of this fabled product in private hands.

"Unsealed, it is in the same condition it was when it was plucked from the supermarket shelf.